I watched the Grammies last night. I was ill before watching them, and they did not do too much to improve my spirits or my health.or it is sad commentary on the Grammy voters. I agree with your assessment of the album. I can think of a number of albums that I think were more significant than Norah Jones' and will have an impact on the future. However, once I saw the list of nominees I knew she would sweep. The Grammies tend to go overboard year in and year out and Norah Jones particularly fit the demographic of the winner they like to over honor. They are also the kiss of death sometimes and Norah Jones has talent so I hope this overkill doesn't hurt her career and her development as an artist.
Really, I found the content to be very disappointing. The Norah Jones album was one of only a few that I bought this year. It is a pleasant album, to be sure, and would have been a reasonably worthy "best new artist" award winner in an average year. That it garnered best record, though, is really a sad, sad commentary on the state of pop music these days
I felt for the 2nd time the Grammys bent over backwards to keep from giving album of the year to whom I felt it should go to. Since everyone thinks I am biased there, I won't get into it. I wouldn't have even nominated Norah Jones for album of the year (I agree, new artist was the appropriate grammy) and would have replaced that nomination with Coldplay.
But that Norah Jones was not the song of the year, who can even hum it? I would have given it How You Remind Me (Nickleback) or Without Me (Em) or even Hot in Here (Nelly) which was everywhere this last year. And record of the year - again, those same three - My darkhouse record of the year would have been She (fucking) Hates Me by Puddle of Mud or Youth of the Nation - those records had a lot of meaning and will be ones that will be remembered for years to come.
But it is all a joke anyway.
Vince
